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WorksheetsSS Ch. 5: Northeast Region
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Lighthouses along the Atlantic Coast help in what two ways?
To provide light for the local farms
To guide ships at sea
To provide light for ships at night.
To look pretty
What grows in bogs in the Northeast?
lettuce
potatoes
cranberries
blueberries
What is a city area called?
urban
bog
skyscraper
rural
What do 9 of the 11 states touch?
Lake Erie
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Lake Ontario
How would you describe a sweatshop? They are clothing shops that are... (Check all that apply.)
clean
smelling wonderful
dirty
crowded
What is a non-living material that is found in the earth?
mushroom
mineral
fish
water
How is New York City's electricity provided?
by lanterns
by a hydroelectric plant on the Niagara River
by natural gas
by solar panels
Who were abolitionists? (Check all that apply.)
George Washington
Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglas
What state has the easternmost point in the United States?
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maine
Maryland
Who is someone who travels for pleasure?
teacher
fireman
labor union
tourist
What word means "the right to vote?"
suffrage
polling place
labor union
sweatshop
Why did the colonists think that the laws the British government passed were unfair?
They were not allowed to vote on the laws.
They didn't get to play together.
They didn't get to read the laws.
They were not allowed to go back to Great Britain.
What items come from the forest resources in the Northeast? (Check all that apply.)
lumber
maple syrup
mushrooms
marble
How would you describe a bog?
hard, dry ground
wet piece of land
spongy ground
dry, cracked land
What is overfishing?
when people catch fish faster than natural processes can replace them
when people throw fish back into the water
when people don't want to fish
when people use bacon to fish with
What is a huge sheet of ice called?
bog
glacier
rural
mineral
Pennsylvania was founded as a colony where people could have what?
a bank account
a beach house
religious freedom
their own lighthouse
How are urban areas and rural areas different? (Check all that apply.)
urban areas use public transportation systems
rural areas can have farms
urban areas have apartments
urban areas and rural areas aren't different
What are some things that happened in Independence Hall in Philadelphia? (Check all that apply.)
Constitution signed there
Declaration of Independence signed there
war was fought there
Sojourner Truth spoke there
What does rural mean?
a city area
a mountain area
a cave
a country area
